![]() ![]() It’s one of the greatest coming of age books, ranking up there with Catcher In The Rye – but in my view, better. The end, following the dramatic and emotional events of ‘October 31st’ ends on a sad and poetic note, the poetic descriptive qualities of which are present through Handler’s amazing authorship. I had to read it almost all in one sitting as it gripped me and after reading I thought about it so much that I had to pick up some rubbish book to take my mind off The Basic Eight. Five-seven days per week, we will deliver to. It just completely appealed to myself as a teenager, though this wont stop older or slightly younger (not too young – you wont get important parts of the book) enjoying it. The short Daily Dose free Biblical Hebrew videos are aimed at helping you hone and sharpen your Hebrew skills. The narrative structure is clever, the characters expertly drawn, but above all the greatness of this book comes from the narration through the eyes of the witty, sarcastic, unhinged, but above all teenaged Flannery. ![]() ![]() ‘I’m 17 and have read many books, but no book I have read can match The Basic Eight, by Daniel Handler as the most gripping, intense and moving account of a misunderstood teenager in american society. Bright, bookish Oscar Lowe has made a life for himself amid the colleges and spires of Cambridge and yet is a world apart from the students who study in the hallowed halls. ![]()
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